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Chaos Strikes Back! Chaotic Commander #2 ft @The Ur Cast! Experience the Pain! EDH Gameplay

Chaotic Commander


Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

    Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

    A vampire tribal deck focusing on producing blood tokens to cheat out vampires and utilize aggressive flying creatures with evasion and indestructibility to pressure opponents.

  • Anowon, the Ruin Thief

    Anowon, the Ruin Thief

    A rogue tribal mill deck that boosts rogues' power and draws cards when opponents are milled, aiming to disrupt opponents' libraries while maintaining board presence with evasive creatures.

  • Ezuri, Claw of Progress

    Ezuri, Claw of Progress

    An experience counter deck that deploys low-cost creatures to build experience counters quickly and then uses those counters to pump creatures, enabling large, often unblockable attacks to close out the game.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    The rogue player's use of Catherine of Souls to cast rogues that cannot be countered helped maintain pressure and card advantage early on.

  • 2

    Azuri’s experience counter mechanic was used effectively to pump creatures like Invisible Stalker into large, unblockable threats, swinging the game momentum.

  • 3

    The vampire player's Strefan provided strong token generation and the ability to cheat in powerful vampires, increasing board presence rapidly.

  • 4

    Blasphemous Act was a pivotal board wipe that reset the board state, killing off multiple creatures and allowing for a significant life swing, illustrating the importance of board control in multiplayer EDH.

  • 5

    Sacrificing Alchemist's Apprentice to draw a card while blocking minimized losses and helped maintain card flow under pressure.

  • 6

    The rogue deck's milling and card draw synergy created sustained value through combat damage, keeping the player well-stocked with resources.

Notable Cards

  • Anowon, the Ruin Thief

    Anowon, the Ruin Thief

  • Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

    Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

  • Vampire Nighthawk

    Vampire Nighthawk

  • Invisible Stalker

    Invisible Stalker

  • Coiling Oracle

    Coiling Oracle

  • Blasphemous Act

    Blasphemous Act

Gameplay Summary

The game featured three distinct decks: a vampire token strategy, a rogue mill deck, and an experience counter-based deck.

Early turns saw players establishing their board states with key mana accelerants such as Sol Ring and Land of the Elves, alongside pivotal creatures like Azuri, Claw of Progress, and Anowon, the Ruin Thief.

The rogue player leveraged Catherine of Souls and multiple rogues to generate card advantage through combat damage and milling, while the vampire decks focused on aggressive board presence with creatures like Vampire Nighthawk and Strefan, Maurer Progenitor.

Azuri's experience counters steadily accumulated, allowing explosive growth in creature power and enabling large, unblockable attacks.

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